In Ohio, Romney Urges Supporters to Persuade Democrats

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MARION, Ohio) — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan wrapped up a three-stop bus tour of the Northwestern part of Ohio on Sunday, striking a bipartisan tone with the top of the ticket urging the crowd to talk to their friends who may have cast a ballot for a Democrat in the past.

“Your friends may have voted last time, perhaps in the Democratic primary, they may have voted for who knows? They may have voted for Hillary Clinton or they may have voted for Barack Obama, they may have voted for then-candidate Obama in the final election,” Romney, standing next to his running mate, told the crowd of about 5,000.

Romney continued, telling supporters he needed their help convincing those who may still be undecided.

“But I need you to convince them to vote for Paul Ryan and me and that’s not always easy but you can ask them this question: you can say, ‘Do you think everything’s going just fine?,’” he asked, before telling the audience how to pitch his ticket to their friends.

“You’re gonna say, ‘Do you think should just go on like they’re going for the last four years?’ And if they have the same answer you just had then you have the number-one argument for why they should vote for us. Because our campaign is about fundamental change, our campaign is about real change, taking a course correction in this country,” Romney said.

The Republican presidential nominee continued the theme saying under a Romney-Ryan administration he would work across the aisle, something his running mate also likes to mention when he’s on the stump.

“We’re going to have to do something that has been done in the past in this country and that is we’re going to have to reach across the aisle we’re going to have to find good Democrats, by the way Democrats love America too, we’ve got to reach across the aisle find ways to bring in people from the other party work together, collaborate, meet regularly and fight for the American people and we will!,” Romney said.

He added that working with Democrats is one of the reasons he selected Ryan as his running mate, saying “he’s worked with people across the aisle and has their respect.”

Romney continues campaigning in Ohio Monday with a stop in Avon Lake, just west of Cleveland.﻿